How to Connect the Equalizer?
SPS22
a yard sale. I neither have any manuals nor any experience in using
equalizers. So the question to you experts is, how do I connect it? I
am using a DVD/CD player for CD music; tape deck is soon to be added.
Does the line signal from CD/tape go to Equalizer first, then to the
receiver? Or does it go from CD/tape to receiver and then to Eq and
then finally to speakers? In other words is it
CD/tape-->Equalizer-->Receiver-->Speakers
or
CD/tape-->Receiver-->Equalizer-->Speakers.
Also, the Pioneer SG 9500 Equalizer has "Recording" and "Mic Input"
written on it. Does it mean, I can use it to record voice and music
using a mic? If so how?
Thanks.
-Surinder
PS: Does any one have a manual for the Pioneer SG 9500 Equalizer? Or
Sansui G7700 Receiver? The equalizer has any diagrams on the back
(play, record) showing possible connections, I don't understand any of
it.
GregS
>I landed a Sansui Receiver and a Pioneer 10-band/channel equalizer in
>a yard sale. I neither have any manuals nor any experience in using
>equalizers. So the question to you experts is, how do I connect it? I
>am using a DVD/CD player for CD music; tape deck is soon to be added.
>Does the line signal from CD/tape go to Equalizer first, then to the
>receiver? Or does it go from CD/tape to receiver and then to Eq and
>then finally to speakers? In other words is it
>
>CD/tape-->Equalizer-->Receiver-->Speakers
>
>or
>
>CD/tape-->Receiver-->Equalizer-->Speakers.
If there is a built in loop, says pre out/amp in, then
the second method can be used.
>
>
>Also, the Pioneer SG 9500 Equalizer has "Recording" and "Mic Input"
>written on it. Does it mean, I can use it to record voice and music
>using a mic? If so how?
If it says mike in, then it should work with a mike, or does
it just say that on a control, and not a jack.
By the way, just because you got an equalizer, doesn't mean you have to use
it. Most of the time you are better off without one. I suppose it has a bypass
switch, but more cables and jacks just add to problems.
greg
Arny Krueger
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> I landed a Sansui Receiver and a Pioneer 10-band/channel
> equalizer in a yard sale. I neither have any manuals nor any
> experience in using equalizers. So the question to you experts
> is, how do I connect it? I am using a DVD/CD player for CD music;
> tape deck is soon to be added. Does the line signal from CD/tape
> go to Equalizer first, then to the receiver? Or does it go from
> CD/tape to receiver and then to Eq and then finally to speakers?
> In other words is it
> CD/tape-->Equalizer-->Receiver-->Speakers
> or
> CD/tape-->Receiver-->Equalizer-->Speakers.
> Also, the Pioneer SG 9500 Equalizer has "Recording" and "Mic
> Input" written on it. Does it mean, I can use it to record voice
> and music using a mic? If so how?
Usually the hook up is more like:
Receiver Tape Out --> Tape recorder if any --> Equalizer -->
Receiver Tape In
or
Receiver Tape Out --> Equalizer In --> Equalizer Tape Out -->
Tape recorder--> Equalizer Tape In --> Equalizer Output --> Receiver
Tape In
If the receiver has "Pre amp out" and "amplifier input" jacks then:
Receiver Preamp Out --> Equalizer --> Receiver Power Amp In
maf
outputs of your receiver. The best place to put the equalizer is through the
output/input of an external processor loop that your receiver may have. If
your receiver has pre-out/in that will also work. In most cases you can also
use a tape monitor loop using the tape out and in.
"SPS22" <sp...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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SPS22
>
> Every graphic EQ I've seen was hooked up to a two channel receiver more or
> less the same way, so this is how it goes:
>
> 1.Hook the "Line Out" jacks on the EQ to a set of "Tape In" jacks on the
> receiver
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. But it is confusing because
you folks are using different terminology than the what it says at the
back of the Eq. Can you guys tell what is "Line in" etc based what is
actually printed on the Eq. The following are the jacks in the back of
the Eq:
Eq Back:
Input (L & R)
Output (L & R)
Tape Rec (L & R)
Tape Play (L & R)
Eq Front:
Switch 1: Tape Monitor Switch
Switch 2: On Rec, On, Off
Receiver Back:
Phone 1 (L & R)
Phone 2 (L & R)
Tape/Aux (L & R)
Tape1 Rec (L & R)
Play (L & R)
Tape2 Rec (L & R)
Play (L & R)
Thanks,
Surinder
Kendall
> Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. But it is confusing because
> you folks are using different terminology than the what it says at the
> back of the Eq. Can you guys tell what is "Line in" etc based what is
> actually printed on the Eq. The following are the jacks in the back of
> the Eq:
>
> Eq Back:
> Input (L & R) --> (also known as "line in")
> Output (L & R) --> (also known as "line out")
> Tape Rec (L & R)
> Tape Play (L & R)
> Receiver Back:
> Phone 1 (L & R)
> Phone 2 (L & R)
> Tape/Aux (L & R)
> Tape1 Rec (L & R) --> (also known as "line out")
> Play (L & R) --> (also known as "line in")
> Tape2 Rec (L & R) --> (also known as another "line out")
> Play (L & R) --> (also known as another "line in")
Okay-
The Tape 1 Rec (L&R) go to the EQ Input (L&R)
The Tape 1 Play (L&R) go to the EQ Output (L&R)
Set your volume control fairly low at first. Switching the EQ in and out
can make a large level difference, and if you have it set too high, you
could damage your speakers, or worse yet, your ears.
Choose your input source on your receiver (for now let's use the "tuner").
Set the receiver to monitor the signal which is labeled "Tape 1" on the
front of the receiver. This will probably be a button or maybe a turning
switch. With the button "in" or turned to "Tape 1", you will be hearing the
radio through the EQ. You can check this by pressing the button again (to
"out") and the signal will sound different. Press the button "in" again,
and play with the sliders on the EQ, and you will hear them change the
sound.
If you have a cassette deck, you can place it in the Tape2 loop of the
receiver, or in the tape loop of the EQ. Always think "output to input".
If you put the cassette deck in the receiver Tape2 loop, the output of the
receiver (which in this case is labeled "Rec") would go to the input of the
tape deck. The output of the tape deck would go to the input (in this case
labeled "Play").
If you put the tape deck in the tape loop of the EQ, again, think "output to
input". So, output (labeled Tape Record) to input of the tape deck, and
output of the tape deck to the input of the EQ (labeled Tape Play). The
jacks on the tape deck may be labeled as "inputs and outputs", or they may
also be labeled with "play and record". Think of "play" on the tape deck as
an output, because that is where the signal appears when you "play" the tape
deck. The receiver input which is marked "play" is an input, because that
is where you want the signa; to go into when you "play" the tape deck. The
jacks marked "Rec" on the receiver are an output, because that is where the
signal is coming from that you want to "record" with the tape deck, while
the jacks on the tape deck labeled "rec" are ian input, because that is
where you are sending the signal into the tape deck when you want to
"record".
If you choose to use the receiver Tape 2 loop, to hear the tape deck, press
the button to "Tape 2" on the front of the receiver. If you choose to use
the tape loop of the EQ, to hear the tape deck, press the switch on the
front of the EQ labeled "Tape Monitor Switch".
Hope this covers it.
>
> Thanks,
> Surinder
You are welcome.
Kendall
Gary A. Edelstein
kber...@earthlink123.net says...
>
>Okay-
>
>The Tape 1 Rec (L&R) go to the EQ Input (L&R)
>The Tape 1 Play (L&R) go to the EQ Output (L&R)
>
Kendall is absolutely correct, provided that the tape 1 and tape 2 in/out pairs
on the receiver are tape monitor loops. The way to tell if that's the case is
the controls on the receiver. If the tape 1 and 2 controls are switches that
use the words tape monitor or similar, then it's correct. If the controls
are simply a tape 1 and 2 source buttons like the other sources, such as AUX,
phono or tuner, then it won't work correctly, because they aren't monitor
loops.
Gary E
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